Shoe-form.



A. G. LEGGE.

SHOE FORM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1912.

Patented Oct. '7, 1913.

p919 r/ra ya' ALFRED Gr. LEGGE, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7,1913.

Application filed July 2, 1912. Serial No. 707,185.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED G. Lnsen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Forms, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object an adjustable shoe form of the kind used in boots and shoes for the purposes of display. Such shoe forms are particularly used in drummers samples, and in shoes for display in store windows. In using shoe forms of this kind, it has been found that considerable difliculty arises because the shoes vary slightly in length, even though they bear the same size number. It is desirable therefore to have the shoe form adjustable to allow for these slight variations in size. It is also desirable to have a shoe form which is adjustable in length so that it can be used in more than one size of shoe. Such a shoe form should be capable of adjustment quickly and easily, and when so adjusted, should be exactly as rigid and firm as a nonadjustable shoe form. The shoe form embodying myinvention has the foregoing requlsites.

shown a shoe form of the ordinary type which has a forepart and a heel part of leather board hinged together, this being the type of form to which I have applied my invention. It is obvious, however, that my invention may be applied without modification to other types of shoe forms as, for instance, that which is provided with a heel portion made from a band or strap of sheet metal.

The invention will be fully understood by reference to the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a shoe form embodying my invention with the latch in the position which it occupies when the shoe form is in place in the shoe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ings, as made of leatherboard and overlap- I ping slightly. In the overlapping portion of one of these parts is located a stud 11, which is preferably in the form of an eyelet with a shank of the desired length, the head of the eyelet being preferably embedded in the leatherboard of which the shoe form is made. The other partof the shoe form is provided with a short slotc, extending longitudinally thereof. In the shoe form shown in the drawings the eyelet or stud 11 is located in the forepart A while the slot 0 is in the heel part. I consider this arrangement preferable, but do not consider it necessary. The slot 0 is edged with a metal plate 12, which is secured to the heel part by a riveted eyelet 13. An inwardly extending projection 15 is formed on the slotted part (this being the heel part in the device shown in the drawings). This is conveniently accomplished by turning the end of the edging plate 12 at right angles to its length. A latch 16 engages the stud 11 at one end and on its lower edge is provided with a series of notches 17 of a width sufficient to permit the projection 15 on the edging plate 12 to enter the said notches.

The construction of the foregoing parts -is the same on both sides of the shoe form,

and therefore only one side has been described or shown in the drawings. When it is desired to. change the length of the shoe form, the latch 16 is raised until it is disengaged from the projection 15. Then the heel part is pulled out from or pushed toward the forepart, as the case may be to vary the length of the shoe form as required, and the latch 16 is pushed down until the projection' 15 engages a notch 17 in the latch. This locks the parts in place firmly and thereafter the heel portion B may be turned about the studs 11 as a pivot without interfering with the adjustment in length which has previously been efiected.

The shoe form may be easily adjusted in size as described before being inserted in the shoe and thereafter the adjustment is not disturbed when the shoe form is put in place in the shoe. When the parts of the shoe form have been adjusted as described, the heel part and the toe part may be moved relatively to one another about the hinge in the same manner as the ordinary hinged shoe form, and the shoe form thus constructed is exactly as rigid as one which is n0n-adjustable.

The edging plate 12 is not essential to my invention, although I consider it desirable, as it furnishes a convenient means forsecuring the projection 15 rigidly in place to the heel portion of the shoe form.- It will be understood however that the projection 15- invention is susceptible of other embodi- Inents.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A' shoeform having a toe part and a heel part, said toe and heel parts overlapping each other on the sides, said members being connected'to each other'on the sides by a slot and pivot connection and having a notched-latch to posit-ion the pivot in the slot. 7

2. The improved shoe form comprising a toe part and a heel part, one of said members being provided with a pivotr-igidly secured thereto and the other of said members having a slot therein within which the said pivot is received, an edging plate having thereon a pro ect1on, sa1d edglng platesurrounding said slot and being secured to the member within which the slot is formed and a latch secured to the said pivot and provided with notches to engage theprojection on the said edging plate.

In testimony whereof ture, in presence of two witnesses;

v ALFRED G. LEGGE'. Witnesses: a i 7 Gnonen P. D IKE,

ALICE I-L MORRISON.

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' Washington; Di 0. V

I affix my signa- 

